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views upon the time at which the impregnation takes 
place; as that is fully explained by engravings, I refer 
your readers to that Report. The more experience I 
have in strawberry culture at the South, the stronger 
IT am convinced you may prolong their bearing season 
at the North until frost. I tried an experiment this 
season, which may be a warning to southern culti- 
vators. On a portion of one of my beds, I placed 
cotton seed around the plants, just as we use leaves, 
straw, &c.; the result has been, that, where the cotton 
seed was, every plant has burned up. This more 
strongly than ever satisfies me that leaves and vegeta- 
ble mould are the only safe manures for the straw- 
berry. These, with plenty of water, judiciously ap- 
plied, will give fruit months instead of weeks. 
Truly yours, 
Cuas. A. PEABODY. 
APPENDIX B. 
WE give the following extracts from letters from 
Henry Lawrence, Esq., of New Orleans, La. They 
commence under date of 20th August, 1851, as fol- 
lows: 
It is perfectly correct, as stated in the “Picayune,” 
that I have succeeded in raising strawberries which 
yield from Christmas to the 15th of July, a period 
of nearly seven months. Their production is purely 
accidental; by trying experiments for several years, 
